News

‘The Gilded Age’: What Was The Temperance Movement? All About Ada’s New Cause
The Gilded Age Season 3 premiere shows us just how much has changed in the Van Rhijn house since the dramatic revelations of Season 2. Fans of the HBO hit will recall that Oscar Van Rhijn (Blake ...
‘The Gilded Age’ Star Cynthia Nixon Reveals Ada’s True Motivations Behind the Temperance Pledge
When DECIDER caught up with The Gilded Age cast a few weeks ago, we asked Cynthia Nixon how much of Ada’s insistence on the ...
PBS1y
Roots of Prohibition | Prohibition | Ken Burns - PBS
The Temperance Movement. The country's first serious anti-alcohol movement grew out of a fervor for reform that swept the nation in the 1830s and 1840s.
Los Angeles Times2y
A toast to the misunderstood temperance movement on the anniversary of ...
In 1830, as the temperance movement was finding its voice, drinking-age Americans, mostly men, were knocking back about seven gallons of liquor every year — about three times as much as today ...
Time1y
Before 'Dry January,' There Was Temperance | TIME
In the early 1840s, ... This phase of the temperance movement contributed to an estimated 75% decline in overall American drinking from 1830 to 1845.
The New York Times4mon
THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT ON LONG ISLAND. - The New York Times
THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT ON LONG ISLAND. Share full article. Feb. 17, 1874. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from February 17, 1874, Page 2 Buy Reprints.
Time8mon
Prohibition Shows Dangers of Trump's Immigration Rhetoric
The WCTU resurrected the tactics of anti-alcohol activists from the 1830s and 1840s, ... As the temperance movement peaked in popularity in the early 20th century, ...
The New York Times1y
NEW TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT. - The New York Times
NEW TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT. Share full article. Jan. 24, 1889. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from January 24, 1889, Page 8 Buy Reprints.